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I have Ez-Red, Mountain, Tekton and Gearwrench and they all seem about the same. None of them are anything comfy like a Williams USA Supercombo (non-ratcheting) wrench because the ratcheting wrenches all have thin beams for low profile. If you really want comfy, then you need something with a...

IME, it's standard that if you have auto paint mixed to match a factory color that they shake it for you before you leave the store- so it's thoroughly blended and you don't come back in two days and complain it doesn't match after you didn't thoroughly mix it. Same with a factory can of...

I have a set of the E-clip pushers but almost never use them because, as mentioned above, other typical plier methods work fine. For installation a typical slip joint or Knipex twin grip works for me.

As said, the old school spiral ones seem to break most often- there is a reason why there have been improvements in extractors in the last 50 years. The reality is that you need to know when to stop cranking on an extractor and move on to plan B. If you already broke the bolt head off on...

I have a Fiskars like in the first link that I bought years ago at HD. Works great.

These are just a solution looking for a problem today; modern low profile ratchets are more versatile, and forget about the "nano" options, so these are obsolete other than for nostalgia purposes. I bought a set in the 1980s when I was working on small engines and I just never used them and...

The Ego batteries will automatically self discharge if they're not used in something like two months. I'm not going to look it up, but it's in the manual for whatever tool you purchased. This supposedly increases the life, so as said I just let them do their thing over the winter and recharge...

I have always heard twice; and on the third time it was time for you to buy it. Now, I will say that I think that it's ok to violate this rule with your buddy if you sharpen the blade and change the oil on his lawnmower yearly and then borrow his wheelbarrow in return. But if you're working...

Norseman is awesome, but if you don't want to spend that much then watch the PF video and buy based on your budget.

OTC makes a 5/8-18 10 lb slide hammer. It is stupid expensive for what it is, and I wish they just sold the weight as everyone that's gonna buy this already has their 5 lb kit, but... https://www.amazon.com/OTC-Lb-Slide-Hammer-Puller/dp/B000FN2VX6/?tag=atomicindus08-20

It comes down to cost. You can make an indestructible product for the 0.1% of customers for twice the cost of one that will be fine for the 99.9%. Which one will 99.9% of people buy?

For a 20T shop press, the Sunex was the lowest cost one that I found that has a significantly deeper bed depth than the HF. yes, it is a huge price premium for that alone, and you can get by with the HF like I also do. If I used a press more than a few times a year, I'd have the Sunex; maybe...

Agree. PF has broken many snap ring equipped Gearwrench and Matco ratchets in his failure tests and they've all broken the anvil; none have dislodged the snap ring.

My local Ace hardware sells and services Ego. And Stihl and Toro.

You can always buy more batteries :ROFLMAO:

Consumer Reports says either Ego, or Ryobi 40V for mowers, and Ego and then Ryobi for overall battery OPE brand. I don't have an Ego mower, but I absolutely love the blower and string trimmer. It takes me 30+ minutes to trim and edge my lot and the Ego does it on one bar on a 2.5AH battery.

Agree on the $100 or so price. These are flimsy boxes. My dad had a Craftsman homeowners' model in the 1980s, probably a Waterloo, and the casters pushed up into the bottom box- and it didn't have that much stuff in it; he didn't have a lot of tools. Something like this would be great for...

Stainless is a huge PITA to work with. Use nicop. Stainless is a solution looking for a problem. It can be difficult to get stainless brake lines to seal because they work harden from the flaring and then won't deform to mate to the other surface- BTDT, never again.

I have the HF Quinn. I checked it on a beam torque wrench and the one that I have is very accurate. I would've liked a Wiha, but I couldn't justify the $ for something that I'll use very rarely.

Exactly. This has come up a lot here. I'm sure there's some sort of standard used, but even vintage USA tap sizes are all over the place and not standard even to 1/32nd sizes. Years ago, I measured a bunch of my old USA made taps and was like, "WTF? Why are these sizes not fractional but...